Natalie Pate

Mark Bateman is running for the Salem-Keizer School Board, representing Zone 1.

After living in and out of homelessness throughout her childhood, Erika Figueroa plans to spend the next 12 years becoming a doctor. She wants to help others who may be going through a challenging journey.

More than 100 demonstrators from throughout Oregon gathered at the Capitol to reject Gov. Kate Brown’s latest effort to contain the virus.

More than 100 community members Saturday participated in a local event inspired by the hit reality show ‘The Amazing Race.’

Masks and social distancing, maybe even a car parade, are in order for this year’s high school seniors’ graduation ceremonies.

Resources for homeless communities and body-worn cameras for local law enforcement sparked the most conversation around Salem’s upcoming 2022 budget.

Rojas-Galván will bike to all 17 community colleges across Oregon to raise money for student textbooks. He reached Chemeketa in Salem on Tuesday.

Due to the delta variant, Gov. Brown will require COVID-19 masks to be worn in K-12 schools statewide in the upcoming school year.

Ten administrators in Willamette Valley school district released a statement Monday voicing their support for Newberg’s Joe Morelock.

Bethell recently said on Facebook that she’s considering withdrawing her kids from the district she was elected to help lead.

After many changes in recent years, Howard Street is up for renewal with Salem-Keizer Public Schools. Board members are expected to vote Tuesday.

The Salem-Keizer school board on Tuesday adopted the $1.36 billion budget for the 2022-23 school year, along with the LGBTQ+ Pride Proclamation.

A Salem-Keizer book review committee has unanimously voted to keep the graphic novel ‘Gender Queer: A Memoir’ by Maia Kobabe in local high schools.

Democrat Paul Evans and Republican Dan Farrington are running for Oregon’s House District 20.